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06-04-2016, 07:01 AM
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The Greatest
He stood tall in the ring, and taller out of the ring standing up for what he believed was right. RIP Mr. Ali
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06-04-2016, 10:02 AM
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RIP Ali
Watch the second and third round of the Rumble in the jungle.
Check out the Sports Illustrated cover The Future is a mist
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06-04-2016, 12:12 PM
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When I was a youngster, all the kids would imitate Cassius Clay. He was such a huge figure not only in the boxing world but the sports world also. Ali and Cosell rank up there with Martin and Lewis, Stiller and Meara......Rest in Peace Champ, thanks for all the memories......
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXbY-CrxO9M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DUzJVHtjiA
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06-04-2016, 03:49 PM
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Yes, he was the greatest...RIP Champ..
I remember back when he changed his name from Cassius Clay to Ali, my boss at the time and others refused to call him Ali  ...
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06-04-2016, 04:11 PM
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They're having a big service in Louisville on Friday. Hopefully our "leaders" can get the local gangs to call a truce out of respect for the champ.
The city needs someone to take hold of the real problem facing Cassius Clay's hometown and especially his old neighborhood.
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RIP identity politics 1965-2016
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06-05-2016, 01:17 AM
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Truly the most inspiring athlete of my lifetime. Talented, bold and fearless, principled and a razor sharp wit.
Before every period, I have my hockey team all put our gloves in and shout "Bumaye!". Then we try to play like a champion. He still inspires to this day. Otis
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06-05-2016, 09:53 AM
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Remarkable person, athlete and life..
The outpouring of affection in paying tribute to him has been stunning. Sent out these links yesterday. Bob Lipsyte's tremendous NYT Obit: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/sp...tml?ref=topics Incredible cultural marker/commentary timeline of his life from BBC. Not to be missed.. How a stolen bike turned Muhammad Ali into one of the most famous people on the planet: http://www.bbc.co.uk/timelines/zy3hycw Louisville Courier-Journal's Dave Kindred covered Ali and wrote Sound and Fury about Ali & Cosell.. From NPR upon its' release: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...toryId=5294873
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans
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06-05-2016, 12:07 PM
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He spoke very powerfully about his opposition to serving in Vietnam:
“Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on Brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs and denied simple human rights? No I’m not going 10,000 miles from home to help murder and burn another poor nation simply to continue the domination of white slave masters of the darker people the world over. This is the day when such evils must come to an end. I have been warned that to take such a stand would cost me millions of dollars. But I have said it once and I will say it again. The real enemy of my people is here. I will not disgrace my religion, my people or myself by becoming a tool to enslave those who are fighting for their own justice, freedom and equality. If I thought the war was going to bring freedom and equality to 22 million of my people they wouldn’t have to draft me, I’d join tomorrow. I have nothing to lose by standing up for my beliefs. So I’ll go to jail, so what? We’ve been in jail for 400 years.”
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06-06-2016, 01:14 AM
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As a fighter I always rooted against him. Couldn't stand Pacheco kissing his ass during every broadcast. Sometimes I would turn the sound off. Cosell was bad but at least I got the joke
His early years were remarkable and with a style never seen in the Heavyweight division he took the world over. However like everything else, other fighters adapt and change, and father time always wins in the end. His waning years were horrible. All his fights were going the distance and were downright boring. Also in 3 fights he was handed victories, Jimmy Young, Ken Norton and E. Shavers. Frazier, Norton and Ali gone. Long live George Foreman, the last of the great ones. R.I.P. My Favs. are Dwight Braxton (Qwaui), Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler.
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06-06-2016, 10:08 AM
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